Mission Statement
IPS aims to set a benchmark for the delivery of culturally competent mental health services for Aboriginal (Australian) people. This will be achieved through the continued development and delivery of evidence based best practice in our programs, services and products
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BY DR TRACY WESTERMAN AM
A powerful memoir that explores how one Indigenous woman from the Pilbara transformed psychology.
In this ground-breaking memoir, Tracy draws on client stories of trauma, heartbreak, hope and connection from her years of practice, offering a no-holds-barred reflection on how the monocultural, one-size-fits-all approach to psychology is failing Aboriginal people and how she’s healing those wounds. Jilya is a story of drive and determination, of what it takes to create change when the odds are stacked against you. Above all, it is a story of one woman’s love for her people.
‘These pages helped me heal and get my strength back that grief had stolen from me after losing Mum and Dad. I know these pages will also have the ability to help others understand our culture and the intergenerational trauma we have carried through our lives. This book will definitely open hearts and minds and it put me on the right track to heal and feel like me again.’ Troy Cassar-Daley
AVAILABLE
NOW
Order YOUR COPY TODAY
BY DR TRACY WESTERMAN AM
A powerful memoir that explores how one Indigenous woman from the Pilbara transformed psychology.
In this ground-breaking memoir, Tracy draws on client stories of trauma, heartbreak, hope and connection from her years of practice, offering a no-holds-barred reflection on how the monocultural, one-size-fits-all approach to psychology is failing Aboriginal people and how she’s healing those wounds. Jilya is a story of drive and determination, of what it takes to create change when the odds are stacked against you. Above all, it is a story of one woman’s love for her people.
‘These pages helped me heal and get my strength back that grief had stolen from me after losing Mum and Dad. I know these pages will also have the ability to help others understand our culture and the intergenerational trauma we have carried through our lives. This book will definitely open hearts and minds and it put me on the right track to heal and feel like me again.’ Troy Cassar-Daley
LIVE STREAMING VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
NOW AVAILABLE!
IPS is pleased to be able to offer to our clients two of their current training events in VIRTUAL form. As this involves additional cost, unfortunately those already registered for in-house training will not be able to transfer their places to virtual training. As a small business there is significant cost attached to both forms of training. Thank you for your understanding.
Due to high demand, two of our workshops are now available as live streamed remote workshops!
- No travel expenses (flights, accomodation)
- Low risk of cancellation due to COVID restrictions
- More dates available
- Tighter agendas
- Convenience of viewing from the home/office
- Cost-effective
- Increased employee productivity
- Balanced collaboration
In our new COVID safe world streaming workshops offer a socially distanced learning and participation experience from the comfort of your own home or office, wherever in the world that might be.
Beyond Cultural Competency to Behaviour Change (Virtual)
Training 1: HOW WE CAN CLOSE THE GAP across mental health, suicide prevention, child removals, incarceration and educational outcomes (Virtual)
Training 2: BLACK IDENTITY FORMATION and culture bound syndromes (Virtual)
Training 3: DEPRESSION AND COMPLEX GRIEF (Virtual)
Training 4: RACIAL TRAUMA, PTSD AND C-PTSD DEPRESSION AND COMPLEX GRIEF (Virtual)
Training 5: THE NATURE OF ABORIGINAL SUICIDES (Virtual)
Our Values
Our business, from the beginning, has operated successfully and independently WITHOUT government funding, subsidies or assistance
We strive to address inequity and disadvantage by providing unpaid services that we deem essential to addressing chronic mental health needs in Aboriginal communities
Our success in attracting business, is based on our ability to deliver a product that is of the highest possible quality
We achieve this by SELF FUNDING the research and development of unique programs, services and products to ensure
We operate to provide specialist mental health and psychology specific services for the betterment of Aboriginal (Australian) people
We provide services that reflect an Aboriginal (not main stream) ‘world view’
We maintain quality assurance through insisting upon the demonstrated cultural competency of all of our consultants
Our Statement of Cultural Respect
IPS honours and respects the traditional owners across this vast land in which we provide our services and acknowledge that there is no greater honour than to work for the betterment of our people.
We are thankful for the contributions of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians who walk this journey with us every day.
Celebrating 20 Years 1998 - 2018
Mission Statement
IPS aims to set a benchmark for the delivery of culturally competent mental health services for Aboriginal (Australian) people. This will be achieved through the continued development and delivery of evidence based best practice in our programs, services and products